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Source Search DataSets

Source search datasets ( SSDS ) are HDS files containing results of one or more source searching sessions.

The information is split into 2 parts, the BOOK-keeping structure and the POSIT structure. The former contains all the data needed to identify the image in which a source was found, the program which found it, and other processing data.

The POSIT structure contains data about each source in the SSDS. These are stored in lists - eg. right ascension or count rate.



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